"Apple CEO Tim Cook is being excoriated online for showing up at the White House Saturday night hours after Border Patrol agents killed a Veterans Affair nurse in Minneapolis to party with Donald and Melania Trump at an intimate, black-tie screening of Melania Trump's controversial documentary. Calls to boycott Apple products also began circulating online as Cook was revealed to be among a group"
"Contrary to this narrative, video also emerged Saturday showing that Pretti was holding up a phone, not a gun, to record agents before he was repeatedly pepper-sprayed, knocked to the ground, had his legally carried handgun removed from his waistband and shot multiple times, according to a Times analysis. Such violence and national upheaval didn't stop Melania Trump or Brett Ratner, the director of her $40 million documentary, from sharing"
"The first lady called the screening of her movie historic, while critics see it as a sycophantic $40 million ode to her, funded by Amazon Studios in order to curry favor with the Trump administration. The film opens in theaters Friday and follows the first lady preparing to return to the White House after her husband won re-election, according to The Hollywood Reporter."
Tim Cook attended an intimate, black-tie White House screening of Melania Trump's $40 million documentary hours after Border Patrol agents killed Veterans Affairs nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. Video showed Pretti holding a phone, not a gun, before being pepper-sprayed, knocked down, having his handgun removed and being shot multiple times. Melania Trump and director Brett Ratner shared images of guests gathered in the East Room while the first lady called the screening historic and critics labeled the film a sycophantic ode funded by Amazon Studios. Guests included Barron Trump, Mike Tyson, Tony Robbins, Eric Yuan and Andrew Jassy. A military band played a specially composed Melania's Waltz. The film opens in theaters Friday.
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